I Don't Go to Vikings Games: But I went to a Vikings game on Friday (which they won, 36-14, by the way). Oh, I've BEEN to Vikings games before. Plenty of them. I was there when Purple Jesus scored his first NFL touchdown. I was there when Paul Edinger booted a 56-yard field goal to beat the Packers in 2005. I also remember going to some Lions games as a very young, innocent child, not knowing what the hell I was looking at. Wonderful times. I even had season tickets for a couple of years, but quickly backed out when Brad Childress became head coach, for OBVIOUS reasons. Point being, I've BEEN to Vikings games, but I don't GO to them. In fact, I hadn't been to a Vikings game in almost three or maybe even four years. It was some preseason match up where I left at half time and got drunk. It was fun. And you know what? Friday's game was kind of fun too. There weren't a ton of people there, the game wasn't particularly meaningful, and the fans were beyond...
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Brad Childress,
Audie Cole,
Chris Cook,
Josh Robinson,
Aaron Rodgers,
Chris Kluwe,
Blair Walsh,
Jerome Simpson,
Sage Rosenfels,
Joe Webb,
Paul Rudd
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers
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